Most restaurants now post their special menus at dfwrestaurantweek.com. Some will offer fascinating $35 or $45 dinner specials in the annual charity promotion.

But a couple of restaurants always use the charity week as an excuse to serve skimpy or short dinners. (A $7 gift from each dinner goes to either the Lena Pope Home children’s agency in Fort Worth or a Dallas hunger charity.)

Look for those restaurants willing to give the Lena Pope Home their very best.

For example, Arlington’s Cacharel has a $35 dinner including either its beloved chocolate soufflé or Bailey’s Irish creme brulee .

But not enough to upset anybody in Fort Worth, where the west side’s familiar salad-and-sandwich cafe has its first new decor in 40 years.

The lime-green-and-yellow colors stayed, but as highlights in a brighter dining room with green tables and yellow chairs.

The Lunch Box kept that feeling of perpetual springtime. It still serves the same familiar platters or sandwiches of chicken, tuna, egg or pimiento salad and sandwiches with fruit and poppy-seed dressing.

Look for The Lunch Box inside the Village at Camp Bowie behind Jakes Burgers.

San Diego’s Sombrero Mexican Food, a fast-food chain known for rolled tacos and carne asada fries, is scheduled to open Wednesday in a former fried chicken restaurant on West Rosedale Street.

The Correa family founded Sombrero 30 years ago. The rolled tacos don’t have the national fame of California fish-taco landmark Rubio’s, but they’ll stand out in Texas.

They’re even mentioned in the San Diego band Blink-182’s song Josie (Everything’s Gonna Be Fine).

The “Cali” tacos and burritos combine carne asada with french fries, pico, cheese and sour cream. The restaurant also serves breakfast, including red or green chilaquiles, and a regular fast-food menu of tacos, burritos and salads.